Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna said Wednesday was a very historic day with the announcement that Notre Dame will join the conference in 2013. It turned out to be another day where realignment rumors were confirmed, but is this it for how Division I college hockey conferences, at least Hockey East, will look two years … Read more
The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee announced Wednesday the four regional sites for the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The four sites and regionals, being held March 29-31, include the East Regional in Providence, R.I.; Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H.; Midwest Regional in Toledo, Ohio; and the West Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich. Brown will … Read more
St. Lawrence head coach Joe Marsh will not start the season behind the bench and would not say when he may return after he told the Watertown Daily Times this week that he’s planning an indefinite medical leave. Marsh has battled a chronic arthritic condition the past several years and has missed games and practices. … Read more
Stan Moore has been named interim head coach of Colby College. A veteran of more than 25 years as a Division I coach at Providence, Colgate, Union and Brown, the Colby job is Moore’s third as a head coach at the NCAA level. He coached Union from 1996 to 1998 and was the interim coach … Read more
Bowling Green has accepted the WCHA’s offer of membership for the 2013-14 season, the school announced Tuesday. The school was one of five from the CCHA given an invitation in August to join the WCHA, which is set to lose eight of its current 12 teams when conferences realign in the 2013 offseason. Alaska, Ferris … Read more
Notre Dame has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday, at which it will announce it will join Hockey East, sources have said. The Fighting Irish were considering Hockey East and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2013-14 season, but the NCHC issued a news release Sunday, saying it would start with the eight teams … Read more
Notre Dame will christen the new Compton Family Ice Arena on Friday, Oct. 21 when the Irish face Rensselaer. The site for the game has been listed as “TBA” since the schedule was announced in June due to the extremely aggressive construction schedule necessary to have the building ready for use by mid-October. The team … Read more
Wisconsin received all 15 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll and remain the top team in the nation. The rest of the poll has minor changes. Cornell moves up one spot to No. 2, while Minnesota is up one place to No. 3. Boston University falls two rankings to No. 4, … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha forward Alex Hudson, the Mavericks’ top returning scorer, has been suspended indefinitely from the team for an unspecified training violation, according to the Omaha World-Herald. UNO coach Dean Blais did not elaborate on Hudson’s status, but Hudson did not play in Saturday night’s exhibition game against the University of British Columbia. “I’m not really … Read more
Sophomore Michigan defenseman Jon Merrill has been suspended for the first 12 games of the season due to a violation of team rules. “Jon has an obligation to the team and he did not live up to those responsibilities,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson in a statement. “He needs to be accountable to his teammates … Read more
Trinity College has announced the resignation of Andrew McPhee as head coach of the women’s team to become an assistant coach at Brown. Assistant coach Carson Duggan has been named interim head coach. McPhee was first an assistant coach for Trinity in 2001 and head coach for the last nine seasons. “We are extremely proud … Read more
Franklin Pierce announced recently that the school will sponsor three new varsity intercollegiate sports, including women’s hockey, starting in the fall of 2012. “This is a very exciting time for Franklin Pierce University,” said school president Dr. James Birge said in a news release. “Everyone associated with the university should be extremely proud of the … Read more
Yale was voted the top team in the ECAC by both the league’s coaches and media for the third consecutive season. In the coaches poll, defending regular season champion Union finished second in the poll. Cornell is slotted to finish third, Rensselaer ranks fourth, Dartmouth occupies the fifth slot followed by Quinnipiac. Harvard sits in … Read more
Mercyhurst collected nine points and three first-place votes to top the CHA preseason poll of the four league coaches. Syracuse, last year’s tournament runners-up to Mercyhurst, and Niagara were both chosen second by the coaches. The Purple Eagles and the Orange each collected six points, while Niagara earned the last first place vote by the … Read more
Minnesota State-Moorhead would spend more than $1 million a year in coaching salaries and benefits if it starts men’s and women’s Division I programs, according to an article in the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. In documents the paper obtained from MSUM through an open records request, the university would pay a head men’s coach $240,000 and … Read more
For just the second time in six years, the coaches and media agree on who should own the No. 1 position in the CCHA’s annual preseason polls. Notre Dame received enough points from the conference’s 11 head coaches and 72 media members to be named the preseason favorite in both polls. In the coaches poll, … Read more
Boston College has been picked to finish first in Hockey East, according to the annual preseason coaches poll. The Eagles earned seven first-place votes with a total of 88 points. Boston University, with 83 points, was chosen second in the poll and garnered the remaining three first-place votes. New Hampshire took third, Maine fourth and … Read more
Denver has earned the top spot in this year’s 94X WCHA preseason media poll. Denver received 15 first-place votes to top the poll, ahead of Colorado College, which received seven first-place votes. Third-place North Dakota and No. 4 choice Nebraska-Omaha each received first-place votes. First-place votes in the poll were worth 12 points, second place … Read more
According to the South Bend Tribune, Notre Dame expects to decide on its conference affiliation for the 2013-2014 season in the next couple days. The report states the Irish’s destination will likely be Hockey East or the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, not playing as an independent, and a television deal is a major factor. “We … Read more
Robert Morris held a special ceremony to honor former Colonials women’s hockey goaltender and United States Olympian Brianne McLaughlin Saturday evening at the RMU Island Sports Center. The ceremony included remarks from Robert Morris president Dr. Gregory Dell’Omo, Robert Morris athletic director Dr. Craig Coleman and Robert Morris associate athletic director Marty Galosi that highlighted … Read more